The crisp 14.1-inch wide screen features a 1,280x800 native resolution and a light-reflective coating that makes colors appear especially vivid. We enjoyed typing on the XPS M140's spacious keyboard, and its touch pad and two mouse buttons are nice and big. ![]() Because the buttons and the speakers sit on the front edge, you can access them with the lid shut. The two speakers in the front-edge corners sound the same as those of most portables: clear, but lacking bass. With Dell's included Media Direct software, the buttons let you play CDs and DVDs and adjust the volume without booting up Windows, though they also work when Windows is booted. The XPS M140's three-prong AC adapter weighs 0.86 pound.Īs on the XPS M170, the Inspiron 6000, and the Inspiron 9300, eight handy multimedia buttons sit smack in the middle of the XPS M140's front edge. With a six-cell battery, the XPS M140 weighs 5.6 pounds, which is more in line with the weight of the 5.5-pound Pavilion dv1000 and the 5.5-pound, $2,299 ThinkPad Z60t. ![]() ![]() While those dimensions are about average for a thin-and-light, the system's 5.9-pound weight (when configured with a nine-cell battery) edges up against that of such midsize competitors as the 6.32-pound, $2,049 Sony VAIO FS680. The silver, black, and white XPS M140 measures 13 inches wide and 9.6 inches deep its thickness slopes from 1.5 inches in back to 1.2 inches in front.
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